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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction (center versus periphery), relationship between Czech and German literature 2. German minnesang and court epic poem on the court of the last Přemyslid dynasty: Reinmar von Zweter, Sigeher, Václav II., Ulrich von Etzenbach 3. German literature under the reign of the House of Luxembourg: Johannes von Neumarkt and the language of Prague office, Prague University and the genre of "guessing" 4. Johannes von Tepl: Ackermann aus Böhmen and his Czech counterpart Tkadleček in European context (I.) 5. Johannes von Tepl: Ackermann aus Böhmen and his Czech counterpart Tkadleček (II.) 6. Miner´s literature of the 15th - 18th century: De re metalice (Georgius Agricola), song of Kutná Hora, songs about mining towns (Jáchymov), mining spiritual song (Herman, Wieser), mining sermons (Mathesius, Habel) 7. Czech Lands - birthplace of hymnbook in national languages (I.): Unity of the Brethern (Weisse, Roh, Komenský) 8. Czech Lands - birthplace of hymnbook in national languages (II.): Lutherans (Herman) and Catholics (Leisentrit, Braun, Koniáš) 9. Lyric poetry at the court of Rudolf II.: poems writing composers (Regnart, Hassler, Lange), poets Hock (Schönes Blumenfeld), Johannes Kepler 10. Picaresque novel in Czech Lands: Niklas Ulenhart (beginning of the 17th century), Kohn: Der jüdische Gil Blas (beginning of the 19th century), Watzlik: Fuxloh (beginning of the 20th century) 11. Baroque literature (I.): homiletics, conceptual sermons (Todtfeller, Felsenecker, Liehre, Kraus) 12. Baroque literature (II.): spiritual song (Todtfeller, Frosch, Kraus, songs of Nepomuk) 13. Barocque literature (III.): Czech-German relations - acceptation of Friedrich Spee´s works (Kadlinský, Dlouhoveský, Todtfeller), Czech acceptance of literature from Munich tract school (Khuen - Michna, Drexel - Ferus - Plachý), religious literature (Martin of Cochem) 14. Jews and literature of early Modern history: literature in Yiddish (Taussk), polemic literature (Roblik), literature for Jewish converts (Haslbauer)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course provides students with an overview of the most important works and writers of the oldest German literature from the beginning in Middle Ages, through Baroque up to Enlightenment. It focuses on all historical periods of German literature, especially on change of conception and understanding of literature. The change of "archaic" genre to "modern" form in the first half of the 18th century is included as well.
Student will get an overview of historical periods of German written literature in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia from the ancient times until the 18th century. He/she will be acquainted with the most important features, representatives and their works and based on the primary literature will be able to analyze and interpret literary texts of different genres.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in seminars, oral and computer presentation of a selected literary work are required. Students are expected to hand in the presentation in a form of seminar paper, 5 pages in length.
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Recommended literature
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Fugger, Dominik / Scheidgen, Andreas. Geschichte des katholischen Gesangbuchs. Tübingen, 2008.
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Heilfurth, Gerhard. Das Bergmannslied. Wesen / Leben / Funktion. Kassel, 1954.
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Kosatík, Pavel. Menší knížka o německých spisovatelích z Čech a Moravy. Praha, 2001.
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Kvapil, Jan. Čítanka německé barokní literatury z Českých zemí. Ústí nad Labem, 2000.
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Kvapil, Jan. Ze Zahrádky do Zahrady aneb Od Hortulu animae k Štěpné zahradě Martina z Kochemu. Ústí nad Labem, 2001.
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Petrbok, Václav. Stýkání nebo potýkání? Několik kapitol k dějinám česko-německo-rakouských literárních vztahů v českých zemích mezi Bílou horou a napoleonskými válkami. Praha, 2012.
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Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur in Boehmen bis zum Ausgange des XVI. Jahrhunderts. Prag, 1894.
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